Modernization and Revolution in China |
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| Author:
| Grasso, June
Corrin, Jay P.
Kort, Michael |
| Series title: | Studies on Modern China |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87332-539-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1991 |
| Publisher: | M. E. Sharpe Incorporated
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| Imprint: | East Gate Book |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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In this book, China's struggle to modernize is set against a historical background. From the Opium War to Tiananmen Square, the authors narrate the great episodes that punctuate that journey: the breakdown of imperial China; the rise of the new Chinese republic; the early struggles between ideologies and armies of Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong; China's war with the Japanese; the final shootout that sent Chiang to Taiwan and Mao to Beijing; and the long years of the People's Republic -...
More DescriptionIn this book, China's struggle to modernize is set against a historical background. From the Opium War to Tiananmen Square, the authors narrate the great episodes that punctuate that journey: the breakdown of imperial China; the rise of the new Chinese republic; the early struggles between ideologies and armies of Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong; China's war with the Japanese; the final shootout that sent Chiang to Taiwan and Mao to Beijing; and the long years of the People's Republic - culminating in the reforms of Deng Xiaoping.